| Agnes Alexander | |
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| Born | July 21, 1875 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA |
| Died | January 1, 1971 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA |
| NSA member | North East Asia 1957 - 1964 |
| Hand of the Cause | Asia 1957 - 1967 Americas 1967 - 1971 |
| Signature |  |
Agnes Baldwin Alexander (July 21 1875 - January 1, 1971)[1] was a prominent American Bahá’í and Hand of the Cause.
She was born in a Christian missionary family in Hawaii, and became a Bahá’í in 1900 while visiting Italy. In November 1914 she moved to Japan at the request of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. There she studied Esperanto also at his request and became a member of the Universal Esperanto Association. The rest of her life she would use her ties to Esperanto to pierce language barriers and talk to others about the Bahá’í Faith.[2]
She was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi on 27 March 1957. She returned to Honolulu in 1967 and passed away there in 1971.[3] The Universal House of Justice cabled the following:
| “ | PROFOUNDLY GRIEVE PASSING ILLUMINED SOUL HAND CAUSE AGNES ALEXANDER LONG-STANDING PILLAR CAUSE FAR EAST FIRST BRING FAITH HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. HER LONG DEDICATED EXEMPLARY LIFE SERVICE DEVOTION CAUSE GOD ANTICIPATED BY CENTRE COVENANT SELECTING HER SHARE MAY MAXWELL IMPERISHABLE HONOUR MENTION TABLETS DIVINE PLAN. HER UNRESTRAINED UNCEASING PURSUIT TEACHING OBEDIENCE COMMAND BAHA'U'LLAH EXHORTATIONS MASTER GUIDANCE BELOVED GUARDIAN SHINING EXAMPLE ALL FOLLOWERS FAITH. HER PASSING SEVERS ONE MORE LINK HEROIC AGE. ASSURE FAMILY FRIENDS ARDENT PRAYERS HOLIEST SHRINE PROGRESS RADIANT SOUL REQUEST ALL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES HOLD MEMORIAL MEETINGS AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE HOLD SERVICES MOTHER TEMPLES.[4] | ” |
Publications[edit]
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- 1971 - Personal Recollections of a Bahá’í Life in the Hawaiian Islands: Forty Years of the Bahá’í Cause in Hawaii, 1902-1942[5]
- 1977 - History of the Bahá’í Faith in Japan 1914-1938[6]
References[edit]
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- ↑ Rabbani, R. (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre. pp. p. xxiii. ISBN 085398350X.
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- ↑ Light of the Pacific, Issue 61
- ↑ Universal House of Justice (1996). Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986. pp. 182–3. ISBN 0-87743-239-2.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
